Roy at the BUY PARTS link has everything you need to update the transmission, and no huge markups for xerox instructions from the FSM CD...


inspect your fluid. the open line could have ingested water, and contaminated the fluid. also, low fluid gets hot quicker, and increases the damage to your transmission. lower pressures from low fluid level reduces clutch pressures, and will rapidly wear the steels and frictions in a transmission.
I would go ahead and drain the fluid from the TC, the pan, and blow out the cooler, and change the filter and gasket, and fill with fresh fluid. if you get a good clean space to work in, and a good clean drain container, draining it again for the shift kit will not waste the fluid you put in now.

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